Oppressed?

 The LORD Almighty says, The people of Israel & Judah are oppressed.

Jeremiah 50:33

There is a lot of negative chatter about whites these days. Talk of privileges & microaggressions. I just said hello (in Japanese) to a Japanese family this morning on my walk back from the supermarket, and got completely blanked in return. Is it racism? You never know for sure. The Japanese for sure have a mostly good rep internationally for kindness & many do live up to that positive stereotype, but not all, by any means. It will be interesting to see how the mostly secular international press cover the Olympics. Will they be giving Japan a free pass, or are they going to ask hard questions? I suspect most of the coverage will be somewhat superficial. Most reporters can't speak Japanese for starters.